Auersperg House 
Special Auction of Occult Paraphernalia
To be held on March 9, 1925
Vienna, Austria



Lot 1.  Ankh, Egyptian
Circa 550 B.C.  Height 23cm; width 10 cm across the arms.
Composed of an alloy of copper and silver bearing untranslated
hieratic markings about the front.
Minimum bid £20.

Lot 2.  Manuscript of Beth Eloim
In Hebrew, it was written circa 1580.  The pages are
illuminated with gold leaf.  Leather binding, octavo, 426 pages.
Minimum bid £12.

Lot 3.  Multiple Lot
Magician's Cassock, embroidered with various signs of ceremonial
magic.  Hickory Wand, carved with astrological signs. Athame,
31 cm long, double-edged.
Minimum bid £8.

Lot 4.  Hand of Glory
U.S.A. circa 1900.  The preserved left hand of a human, marked
overall with mystic designs.  Each finger supports a candle reportedly
made of rendered human fat.
Minimum bid £4.

Lot 5.   Multiple Lot
African Fetish, circa 1800, of teak wood and hair.  About 18cm tall,
in the style of the Nandi tribe of eastern Africa; African Drum, circa 1800,
teak wood and skin, irregularly shaped, 41 cm tall.  Both bear the sign of
the same artisan.
Minimum bid £6.

Lot 6.  Book, The Magus
by Francis Barret.  First edition, 1801.  Lackington, Allen & Co., Publishers
Minimum bid £10.

Lot 7.  Book, Dark Cults of Africa
by Edmund Lassington.  First edition, 1847.  Whitby Press.  Written on
flyleaf, "Ex Libris Sir Richard F. Burton".
Minimum bid £10.

Lot 8.  Skull, Human
Circa 1500.  Reportedly used during black masses.  Top of skull removed
and interior inlaid with silver to form cup.  Rim surrounded by 13 garnets.
Minimum bid £20.

Lot 9.  Riveted Brass Head
Germany, circa 13th century.  Artisan unknown.  Similar to the
"Philosopher's Head."
Minimum bid £25.

Lot 10.  I-Ching Sticks
China, second Ming dynasty.  Carved ivory, six sticks used to cast the
I-Ching, each 15.5 cm long and 40 mm square.
Minimum bid £15.

Lot 11.  Book, Book of the Law
Authored by Aleister Crowley, published 1904.  Signed by author.  Handwritten notes
and commentary.
Minimum bid £3.

Lot 12,  Book, Prodigies in the New-England Canaan
Colonial U.S. circa 18th century.  Author Reverend Ward Phillips.
Minimum bid £10.

Lot 13.  Multiple Lot
Four medallionstwo gold, one copper, one tin.  France circa 1600.
Protective signs to be worn by a sorceror during various magical operations.
Minimum bid £10.

Lot 14.  Book, Dictionnaire Infernal
Author Jacques Collin.  France, published 1863, by Plon.
Minimum bid £3.

Lot 15.  Shaman Medicine Bag
Eskimo, modern, leather.
Minimum bid £2.

Lot 16.  Ring, Gold
Arabia, circa 19th century.  a design of intertwined serpents surrounding
a magical symbol evidently meant to be the Seal of Solomon.
Minimum bid £7.

Lot 17.  Sword
German, circa 1350.  First belonging to the alchemist and sorceror
Paracelsus, it is 108 cm long, with a crystal pommel engraved with
the word "AZOTH".
Minimum bid £50.

Lot 18.  Tarot Card
Italian, circa 1500.  "The Tower", from the Lombardy-Zeroth deck.
Depicts two men falling from a turret shattered by lightning.
Minimum bid £10.



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